ONTOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION

Abstract

The focus of the article is on the genesis of the toponym "Ukraine". The latter is a symbolic code, a metaphysical space for the formation of a unique cultural and philosophical tradition. The sacredness of the toponym is analyzed, the relationship between the name, the territory and the ethnicity that is emerging on it is revealed. It is found that the "establishment" of the name "Ukraine" origin, especially in the last few centuries, was not carried out due to the desire to establish the "historical truth". The reason for this was the political subtext. This gave rise to many versions of "artificial history", the consequences of which we are now experiencing.
Philosophical and linguistic exploration reveals the toponym “Ukraine” not simply as a geographical (physical) dimension – a territory. This name is essentially identical to the semantics of the ancient Hebrew word “arets” (Hebrew: ארֶץ) – “place of residence, life of the people” – “Homeland”. In other words, we are talking about an organized, orderly space where people live according to laws, rules, and traditions. That is, we are talking about a space-chora – an environment filled with people who give it the character of a living place, a place that carries life. This is a life-giving order of being, which in the physical dimension takes the form of a certain geographical topos – a land, a country (in the sense of the people Homeland).
In view of this, it is obvious that the historical destiny of Ukraine, its main role in world ethnogenesis (without exaggeration), is genetically embodied in the ancient roots of a unique people – the Trypillians. The ethnos that inhabited the territories of our country and laid the cultural, philosophical, socio-economic and political foundations of modern Ukraine became the driving force of future world transformations, the foundation of Indo-European ethnogenesis.